Re: Support for constraint trigger (8.2 feature)

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Support for constraint trigger (8.2 feature)
Date: 2011-03-22 22:42:22
Message-ID: 4D8925CE.9000901@lelarge.info
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgadmin-hackers

Le 22/03/2011 17:17, Dave Page a écrit :
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
> <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>wrote:
>
>> Le 22/03/2011 15:59, Dave Page a écrit :
>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
>>> <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Here is a patch that adds support for the constraint trigger, a feature
>>>> available since 8.2.
>>>>
>>>> This patch adds a Constraint checkbox and the deferrable and deferred
>>>> checkboxes. Note that the "FROM referenced_table_name" clause is not
>>>> implemented as it "is not recommended for general use" according to the
>>>> manual.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure the design is really good as I had to increase the dialog's
>>>> height quite a lot. It would probably be a good idea to add a new tab
>>>> and push some controls over there.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's certainly far too high, but then the WHEN and Comment boxes could be
>>> reduced significantly.
>>>
>>
>> They could be reduced, but I don't think it'll be significant.
>>
>
> Maybe it's just on the Mac, but there's a heck of a lot of wasted space
> here. See the attached screenshot for an example.
>

OK. I'll try to lower them.

>>> FYI, moving forward I think we should make a concerted effort to ensure
>> that
>>> all dialogues can be used on an 800x600 screen, allowing for some sort of
>>> task bar.
>>>
>>
>> Could be interesting, but you lost me with the task bar thingie. What's
>> your idea?
>
>
> You need to allow some space for the task bar - the thing with the Start
> menu on it on Windows, the system menu bar in Gnome and the app menu bar in
> OSX.
>

Oh OK. I thought you were talking about a pgAdmin specific task bar.

Do you mind if I commit this patch (but with smaller textboxes), and
then work on smaller dialogs?

--
Guillaume
http://www.postgresql.fr
http://dalibo.com

In response to

Responses

Browse pgadmin-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Guillaume Lelarge 2011-03-22 22:45:47 Support for SQL/MED Foreign Server object
Previous Message Dave Page 2011-03-22 16:17:23 Re: Support for constraint trigger (8.2 feature)